DAKAR (Reuters) -Twenty people were killed and 24 wounded when a truck collided into a passenger bus in Senegal on Monday, the government said, the second major crash this month highlighting poor driving conditions in the West African country. The accident took place near the northwestern town of Louga, around 160 kilometres (105 miles) from …
By Rae Wee and Alun John SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar started the week on the back foot, hitting a seven-month low against a basket of major peers in Asian trade before steadying, with the yen in particular focus due to traders’ bets the Bank of Japan will tweak its yield control policy further. The …
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian home sales rose 1.3% in December from November and were down 39.1% on an annual basis, data from the Canadian Real Estate Association showed on Monday. The industry group’s Home Price Index fell 1.6% on the month and was down 7.5% annually, while the national average selling price was down 12% …
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer plans to open 20 new, bigger stores in its 2023-24 year as part of a radical overhaul of its store estate that will see it invest 480 million pounds ($587 million). The 139-year old group said on Monday the investment would …
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BUENOS AIRES, 16 ene (Reuters) – La bolsa argentina subía en la apertura del lunes por tomas de coberturas encabezadas por acciones de buena liquidez dados sus altos retornos en medio de una alta inflación y presiones cambiarias, que ponen en duda el futuro de la tercera economía de América Latina en un año electoral. …
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Düsseldorf (Reuters) – Der neue Chef Karlsruher Energiekonzerns EnBW, Andreas Schell, hat sich gegen Überlegungen für eine Verlängerung der Laufzeit des Atomkraftwerks Neckarwestheim 2 ausgesprochen. “Wir haben den Point of no Return erreicht”, sagte Schell am Montag auf dem “Handelsblatt Energie-Gipfel 2023” in Berlin. Die Politik habe sich entschlossen, die letzten drei Atomkraftwerke in Deutschland …
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By Josh Arslan and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – Passengers laden with luggage flocked to rail stations in China’s megacities on Monday, heading to their hometowns for holidays that health experts fear could intensify a raging COVID-19 outbreak in areas less-equipped to handle it. “I haven’t been home for over three years,” a 23-year …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Mursal Nabizada, a former female member of Afghanistan’s parliament, has been killed by unknown gunmen at her home in Kabul, police said. Nabizada and her guard were shot dead and her brother was injured in an attack on the weekend, police said. The attack took place overnight on …
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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France wants the European Union to adopt a “Made in Europe” industrial strategy in response to the U.S. scheme of subsidies for green investment, to keep industrial firms from leaving Europe and reduce members’ dependence on outside suppliers. EU leaders are to discuss such industrial policy for the 27-nation …
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BRUSELAS, 16 ene (Reuters) – Los últimos datos económicos muestran que la Unión Europea podría evitar la recesión que se preveía y sufrir en su lugar una contracción más superficial, declaró el lunes el Comisario europeo de Asuntos Económicos, Paolo Gentiloni. “La situación económica sigue siendo incierta. Hemos tenido algunas noticias alentadoras, hemos conseguido reducir …
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